IGN Readers Pick Their Favorite Season of Stranger Things

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Last week, Netflix released Stranger Things: Season 3 for fans to binge watch in its entirety. With a little time to digest the episodes, we ran two polls on the IGN front page to gauge which season of Stranger Things was our readers' favorite, and which character duo was the best of the bunch.

With over 21,000 votes, IGN readers picked a clear favorite: Season 1 still reigns supreme with 53.4% of the vote. Coming in hot in second place with 35.8% of the vote is the recently released Season 3. Rounding out third is Season 2 with 10.9% of the vote.

Check out the poll below.

Stranger Things: Seasons 1-3 Reviews

In our Stranger Things: Season 1 review, we called the season "Great" giving it an 8/10 overall, saying "Netflix's new series is a successful love letter to the 1980s work of Steven Spielberg, John Carpenter and more."

In our Stranger Things Season 2 review, we also called the season "Great" giving it an 8.8/10 overall, saying "The Duffer Brothers kept everything you loved about Season 1 and built a bigger, better version of the series that won’t leave you feeling disappointed."

One potential factor in Season 2 ranking so low is its highly-devisive episode "The Lost Sister," which we enjoyed but felt was out of place, as it left Hawkins, Indiana for a bit of a side story, just as the season's momentum was ramping up.

In our Stranger Things Season 3 review, we called the season "Amazing" giving it a 9/10 overall, saying "Netflix's Stranger Things Season 3 is the series' best outing so far, with bigger stakes and stronger character development than its previous two iterations."

Stranger Things' Best Duo

We also ran a poll about which duo in Stranger Things was our readers' favorite: the winner isn't likely to surprise anyone, but you should still check out the poll below to confirm your suspicions.

Coming in with a massive lead at 54.2% is Steve "The Hair" Harrington and his surrogate son/probably best friend/hairspray protege Dustin. Their friendship began forming in Season 2, and by the beginning of Season 3, it's clear their bond had only grown with time.

In second place at a clean 20% of the vote is Mike and Eleven, followed by Hopper and Joyce at 7.6%, The Mind Flayer and Demodogs at 7.4%, Nancy and Jonathan at 6.1% and Max and Lucas rounding out the vote at 4.7%.